Dumping-wagon



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' W. E. HEWLETT.

DUMPING WAGON.

No. 387,415. Patented Aug. 7, 1888.

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VILLIAM E. HEWLETT, OF MERRICK, NE\V YORK.

DUlVlPlNG-WAGON.

$PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,415, dated August7, 1888.

Application filed April 16, 1888. Serial No. 270,758.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. HEWLETT, of Merrick, in the county ofQueens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful 5Improvement in Dumping-Wagons, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to self-dumping wagons, applicable to variousdumping purposes or uses, but more especially designed for repairingcountry and other roads, and which are provided with hinged centrallyand longitudinally dumping bottom sections; and the invention consistsinthe combination,with such a dumping-wagon, of an adjustable scraper orleveler in rear of the body of the wagon; also, in a combinationtherewith, of an independent bottom section and a removable cross-boardarranged in advance of the tail-board and at a suitable distance fromit, back of the main dumping bottom sections,substantially ashereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of a dumping-wagonembodying my invention, also showing by dotted lines the position ofcertain parts when dumping a load. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same,and Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of a modified construction of theattached scraper or leveler. Fig. 4 is a rear View of the wagon; andFig. 5 is a vertical transverse section thereof upon the line a: m inFig. 1, and showing the parts in position for dumping.

A is the body of the wagon, mounted on front and rear wheels, B G, as isan ordinary roadwagon,with a fifth-wheel, D, to facilitate turning.

E indicates the shaft or pole, (shown only in part,) and F the driversseat,which may be a spring or rigid one, as desired.

5 The main portion of the body of the wagon between the front and rearwheels has its bottom divided centrally in a longitudinal direc tion,forming independent bottom sections b b, which are hinged or pivotedas,for instance, by end pivots, c c, or otherWise-to the body or otherfixed portion of the body of the (No model.)

wagon near its opposite sides, whereby said bottom sections may eitherbe adjusted to form a closed bottom for the purpose of carrying the loador be dropped to a vertical position when opened, as shown in Fig. 5 andby dot ted lines in Fig. 1, to dump the load.

' Mounted upon and above the body-as, for instance, by side uprights, ddis a cross-shaft, e, carrying a drum or pulley, G, over which flexibleconnections, such as ropes or chains f, are passed. The one end of thesechains is attached to the opening and closing bottom sections b 12, neartheir meeting longitudinal edges when closed, and the other end of suchflexible connection is attached to the drum G, which is provided with alever, H, that may either be thrown downward in front and engaged withany suitable fastening, g, to close and hold the bottom sections 1) bclosed, or, when released by the driver from his seat, be allowed toswing over and back with the turningof the drum G, as shown by dottedlines in Fig. 1 and by full lines in Fig. 5, when the bottom sections bb are thrown down or open to dump the load.

When the wagon is used for repairing roads by dumping earth thereon, theearth dumped through or between the bottom sections 1) b when down oropen will, by reason of the curvilinear movement of said sections inopening, be deposited in a ridge-like heap,which afterward requires tobe leveled or spread. To do this automatically and so save manual labor,I attach to the rear of the body of the wagon a downwardly-projectingscraper or leveler, I, which may either be in the form of a fiat plateor board of angular construction tapering downwardly on its oppositeedges toward the center line of draft, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, orbe made of angular bow-pointed form pointing in a forward direction forany given height from its base, as shown in Fig. 3, or said scraper andleveler may be made of any other suitable form to spread and level thedumped heap as the wagon is moved forward for the purpose; but saidscraper or leveler should be made adjustable, as by one or more slots,h, and bolts i, or otherwise,up and down from the body of the wagon, toadapt it to varied heaps, irregularities in the road, or to ele- Vate itout of the way when not required for use, or when using the wagon forother and ordinary carrying purposes.

To facilitate the use of the wagon for other than dumping purposes, aswell as to provide a separate receptacle in its rear for carryingshovels, picks, or other tools used in repairing roads, I construct therear portion of the body extending over and back of the rear axle with abottom section b and fit the body at such part with a sliding orremovable cross-board, K, at a suitable distance in front of thetailboard Z of the wagon, thereby forming a separate back receptacle, J.\V hen, however, it is required to use the whole length of the body ofthe wagon for carrying hay or farm-truck, for instance, then thecross-board K may be removed, giving increased uninterrupted capacity tothe wagon for various carrying purposes,and when the cross-board K isinserted in its place making the wagon a convenientduinping one with aseparate receptacle in its rear and excluding earth from lodging in itsrear portion back of the dumping bottom sections b b, as Shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the body of the dumpingwagon, its front andrear wheels, and hinged centrally and longitudinally dumping bottomsections, of a scraper or leveler in rear of said body and adjustable upor down in relation thereto, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. In combination with the body A, having a tail-board, Z, front andrear wheels, B O, and hinged centrally and longitudinally dumping bottomsections 1) b, the independent bottom section b and the removable crossboard K, arranged in advance of the tail-board and at a suitabledistance from it back of the bottom dumping sections 1) b, essentiallyas described.

WILLIAM E. H E W LET'I.

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JOHN GOLDEN, OTTO RIEDEL,

